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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 18bdc87209d0..cc760491f201 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2053,23 +2053,10 @@ static int __pidfd_prepare(struct pid *pid, unsigned int flags, struct file **re
*/
int pidfd_prepare(struct pid *pid, unsigned int flags, struct file **ret)
{
- if (!pid)
- return -EINVAL;
-
- scoped_guard(rcu) {
- struct task_struct *tsk;
-
- if (flags & PIDFD_THREAD)
- tsk = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
- else
- tsk = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_TGID);
- if (!tsk)
- return -EINVAL;
+ bool thread = flags & PIDFD_THREAD;
- /* Don't create pidfds for kernel threads for now. */
- if (tsk->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
- return -EINVAL;
- }
+ if (!pid || !pid_has_task(pid, thread ? PIDTYPE_PID : PIDTYPE_TGID))
+ return -EINVAL;
return __pidfd_prepare(pid, flags, ret);
}
@@ -2416,12 +2403,6 @@ __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
if (clone_flags & CLONE_PIDFD) {
int flags = (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD) ? PIDFD_THREAD : 0;
- /* Don't create pidfds for kernel threads for now. */
- if (args->kthread) {
- retval = -EINVAL;
- goto bad_fork_free_pid;
- }
-
/* Note that no task has been attached to @pid yet. */
retval = __pidfd_prepare(pid, flags, &pidfile);
if (retval < 0)